Francois Kollar - 25 Photos de Kollar - 1934

REMARKABLE, EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL, VERY IMPORTANT French photobook by François Kollar:
- Christian Bouqueret. Paris. Les Livres de Photographie. Des Années 1920 Aux Années 1950, pages 138-141
- Michael Koetzle, Eyes on Paris: Paris in Photobooks. 1890-2010, page 239
- 802 photobook from the M. + M. Auer collection, page 208

BREATH-TAKING PHOTOGRAVURE PRINTING.
EXCELLENT, VERY FRESH CONDITION.
COMPLETE with BOTH ORIGINAL DUSTJACKETS (one printed and one transparent).
With an introduction by the Greek-French painter and graphic artist V. Photiadès, who worked in Lausanne from 1938.

"The French photographer François Kollar (1904-1979) was born in Senec (Slovakia) and is considered a "representative of a moderate avant-garde around 1930".
(Hans Michael Koetzle)

Welcome to the auction by Anatole Desachy (France) and Ecki Heuser (Germany) - in honor of „French photobooks“.
To celebrate the 55th edition of ‘’Les Rencontres d’Arles’’ - we have gathered 110 books (55 each).

"In April 1934, after his great success "La France travaille", Kollar published a small, beautifully printed deluxe booklet with twenty-five of his best photographs: this was to be the catalogue for his exhibition at the Galerie de la Pléiade. The choices are bold, and the images respond to each other. The abstraction of some of them shows us the artist's artistic research when he felt free of any editorial constraints."
(Christian Bouqueret)

IF YOU WIN MORE THAN 1 OF MY BOOKS IN THIS AUCTION, YOU WILL PAY ONLY 1 X SHIPPING COSTS - WORLDWIDE.

Les Presses de Sadag pour François Kollar, Paris. 1934. First edition, first printing.

Paperback with one printed and one transparent dustjacket. 245 x 315 mm. 34 pages. 24 black and white gravure photographs, 1 in colour. Photos: François Kollar. Text: V. Photiadès. Text in French.

Condition:
Inside super fresh and clean with no marks and with no foxing, only the page with the color photograph with little stains at the top, the pages with little crease at the top right corner (not dramatic); no other remarkable flaws or defects. Both dustjackets in excellent, fresh and flawless condition. Overall fine condition.

Fantastic French photobook from 1934 by François Kollar - in very fresh condition.